Museum Roma

The damned poet Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) travelled to several towns in Italy: from Florence to Naples, to Genoa and Milan just to write a few…. In 1900 - the same year when he died – he arrived in Rome, on Holy Thursday. He met the Pope and received his blessing.
When writing to his friend Robert Ross, he states that Rome is ‘the city of his soul’, which pairs with his idea of ‘beauty as redeemer of the world’. His turbulent life-style, with excess and squandering, jail for sodomy and a fake wedding with a rich woman, tells the story of a man who fought for freedom with his literature, in a time of harassment and prejudice.
In Rome, he will stay in a modest guest-house in Spagna Square, ‘Cook & Son’. During his last stay, he enjoyed the beauty of Piazza Navona, the Pantheon, the Trevi Fountain. He visited, amongst the others, Palazzo Massimo (the latter, part of the National Roman Museum).

This tour will make you discover the true history about gay and lesbian famous artists of the past trough their art works. Our researchers and our experts in history had discover evidence in different books, sculptures and poetry, proving that a lot of famous personalities were homosexual. Discover the Sistine Chapel and enjoy all the sculptures that will show you how gays and lesbians were very important. A time when inclusion existed and homosexuality was not a mere description but a way of life.



PLEASE NOTE: the tours at the Vatican Museums all over the day. Due to intense demand, we cannot guarantee your tour will take place the exact time you have scheduled. We will inform about possible changes in the starting time. Thank you.

Milan is one of the location where ‘House of Gucci’ was shot in 2021 by Ridley Scott, with Lady Gaga, Adam Driver, Al Pacino, Jared Leto and Jeremy Irons.
From ‘Galleria Vittorio Emanuele’ to the Scala Square and the Fashion District, passing by Milan Central Station and Vittorio Pisani Street, you get to Villa Necchi Campiglio (which was also the setting of ‘I Am Love’ by Luca Guadagnino, art director of the Oscar-winning movie ‘Call Me By Your Name’), close to the Milan State University, where Adam Diver (Maurizio Gucci) and Lady Gaga (Patrizia Reggiani) meet. Other scenes were shot close by at ‘Palazzo Bagatti Valsecchi’ and at the Restaurant ‘Il Salumaio’.
Villa Necchi Campiglio is a ‘House Museum’: Architect Piero Portaluppi built it in early 1930. Rodolfo Gucci’s (Jeremy Irons) studio was created here. The cameraman moves around in its indoor – a stunning dehors overlooking the garden and the swimming pool, as well as the art collections (De’Micheli’s, Gian Ferrari’s and Guido Forni’s Art Collection).
Also, the ‘Church of Saint Sepulcher’, where Maurizio Gucci and Patrizia Reggiani got married in 1972. ‘Via Palestro 20’ is the place where Maurizio Gucci was shot dead on March 27, 1995, by Benedetto Ceraulo. The crime scene has been shot in ‘Piazza San Babila’
The shooting moves on then, to the Como Lake in the small municipalities of Lenno and Ossuccio. The marvellous interiors of Villa Balbiano are frames of some episodes of Gucci’s life history. Villa Balbiano belonged to Cardinal Tolomeo Gallio in the 16th century. Nowadays, it is a private residence on the lake with six luxurious suites, outdoor swimming pool and private pier. It was built by architect Jacques Garcia.